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Magdalena’s fourth Pentatone album Folk Songs brings together folk-inspired song cycles from across the globe. Ranging from Berio’s Folk Songs to sets by Bartók, Ravel and Montsalvatge, this collection provides a kaleidoscope of twentieth-century orchestral song composition. Kožená performs them together with the Czech Philharmonic under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. more

The world-renowned music publishing house Bärenreiter celebrates its centenary. Magdalena is joining the celebrations, which have been taking place since the middle of this year, as a jubilee ambassador. more

Regular visitors to Magdalena's concerts are already used to having their musical experience elevated by an artistic impression, thanks to the extraordinary models that the fashion designer Daniela Flejšarová has been creating for Magdalena for almost three decades. more

Audiences in six European capitals rewarded with enthusiastic applause the concert staging of Handel's Alcina with Magdalena in the title role, a plethora of outstanding soloists and Les Musiciens de Louvre under the baton of the father of the whole project, conductor Marc Minkowski. more

Watch a beautiful excerpt from the first scene of Act 3 of Janáček's Katya Kabanova performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle with outstanding soloists (including Magdalena as Varvara) at the Barbican Centre on 13 January. more